Francisco Igor B. Macedo¹, Enisa M. Carvalho¹, Edward Gologorsky², Michael Barron², Mohammed Hassan¹ and Tomas A Salerno¹

¹Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and ²Department of Anesthesiology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida.

Abstract

Lung perfusion/ventilation was introduced as a means to minimize cardiopulmonary (CPB)-related pulmonary ischemic injury. Current results in the literature are divergent, and the role of gas exchange during lung perfusion/ventilation during CPB, remains undefined. This report details a) the technique of continuous lung perfusion/ventilation during CPB, b) provides initial observations, and c) discusses gas exchange during CPB.